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Posted in July 2021 …
“Should Public Transit Be Free?”
Yes. Continue reading
“What Is A Sour IPA?”
Seriously, what is it, can anyone tell me? Continue reading
“‘How It Ends’ Can’t End Soon Enough”
God grant me the serenity to accept things I cannot change, but also please, PLEASE explain to me why people still make movies like this one. Continue reading
“‘Gunpowder Milkshake’: You Can Have A ‘John Wick’-Style Milkshake As A Treat, But It’s Not Much Of A Coherent Movie”
I cannot think of two words less-suited to follow one after the other, and also I cannot think of a movie title that conveys “ass kicking” better than this. Continue reading
“‘Pig’: Nic Cage Does Sad ‘John Wick’-Style Revenge As If It Were Directed By Kelly Reichardt”
Other acceptable director comparison: Hal Ashby. Continue reading
“‘Down With The King’: Grammy-Nominated Artist Freddie Gibbs Gets Disenchanted With The Rap Game & Checks Out”
But up with Diego Ongaro and Freddie Gibbs and Bob Tarasuk. Continue reading
“‘Challenge the Devil’ Is A Challenge To See”
And yet: It’s a pleasure to watch. Lee bless. Continue reading
“‘Black Widow’s David Harbour Is Marvel’s First Dad Bod Superhero”
Hell yeah, big boys. Continue reading
“What Is a Kolsch?”
Pretty sure Shakespeare asked a question like this once. Okay, sorry, I don’t have a good, witty excerpt for this piece, fine, you got me. Continue reading
“Shahad Ameen’s Beautiful, Fantastical ‘Scales’ Picks Away at the Patriarchy”
For anyone in search of a “Luca” alternative. Continue reading
“50 Years Later, ‘Klute’ Still Has Volumes to Say on Sex and Being Seen”
You haven’t seen this movie already?! Man, you really need to get a Klute. Continue reading
“‘Love Spreads’: Eiza González & Alia Shawkat Consider What’s Worth Sacrificing To Make A Great Album”
Like strawberry jam. Or Nutella. Or in some cases a plague. There’s so much love here, and it’s catching. Continue reading
“The 10 Best Craft Meads We’re Drinking This Summer”
God, please, take my mead, take all of it, if I never drink another glass of mead again it’ll be too soon. Continue reading
“‘Zola’ Turns A Twitter Nightmare Into High Art”
No nightmare like a Twitter nightmare, because one you put a Twitter nightmare out there, it’s online forever via screenshotting! Continue reading
“It’s Getting ‘Dark in Here’ for The Mountain Goats”
Who knew that a bit of darkness would be such a bother for a bunch of goats? Continue reading
“How Janicza Bravo Adapted a Twitter Thread Into Zola, 2021’s Must-See ‘Stressful Comedy'”
Bravo, Bravo, take a bow. Continue reading
“Sit Back and Enjoy Oblivion with ‘The Forever Purge'”
Do you have the urge…to purge? Continue reading
“‘Major Dundee’s Warring Cuts Reflect Sam Peckinpah’s Place in Film History”
A major catastrophe about a major asshole, directed by a major asshole and starring yet another major asshole, given new life on Blu-ray, where we can watch all of these majors collide – in two cuts! Continue reading
“This Father’s Day, Consider Giving ‘Pumpkinhead’ A Watch”
When you are a horror journalist and you are also a dad, you think about movies like this one on Father’s Day. (And most days.) Continue reading
A Constant Visual Feast 